Chung-in MOON is James Laney Distinguished Professor at Yonsei University and editor-in-chief of Global Asia, a quarterly journal in English. He is also Vice Chairman of APLN (Asia-Pacific Leadership Network for Nuclear Disarmament and Non-Proliferation). and Krause distinguished fellow at School of Global Policy and Strategy at the University of California, San Diego. He was a special advisor to the ROK president for foreign affairs and national security (May 2017 to February 2021) and chairman of the Sejong Institute (2021-2023), a leading private think tank, in South Korea.
He was dean of the Graduate School of International Studies, Yonsei Univ. and served as Ambassador for International Security Affairs of the Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade and Chairman of the Presidential Committee on Northeast Asian Cooperation Initiative, a cabinet-level post. Dr. Moon was a special delegate to the first (2000), second (2007), third Korean summit (2018) held in Pyongyang. He has published over 60 books and 300 articles in edited volumes and scholarly journals.